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The Busy Sunbird on the Heliconia psittacorum

The bright red flowers of the South American Costaceae species Costus woodsonii (Red Button Ginger), competes with the Heliconias in the garden for the Sunbird, with its nectar-feeding beaks, to pollinate its flowers. In their native America homeland, it is the Hummingbirds that does the work.   (Lumix GX85; M.Zuiko 40-150 mm) (Convergence evolution)  …